John Cornelius Murphy

Background

Murphy, John Cornelius was born on February 28, 1936 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of John Cornelius and Madeline Mary (Taggart) Murphy.

Education

Bachelor, Catholic U., 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic U., 1971; Master of Science, U. Notre Dame, 1959.

Career

Associate physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., 1959-1968; senior physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., 1968-1982; principal physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., since 1982; supervisor, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., since 1988; with, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland., 1987-1990; part-time professor biomedical engineering department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland., since 1990; Fitzgerald Dunning professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1983. Board directors Hopkins Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Baltimore, since 1985. Chairman Conference on PHotoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena, Baltimore, 1989.

Achievements

• John Cornelius Murphy has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Howard County (Maryland.) Board Education, 1974-1976. Member Commision on SecondaryEdn., Maryland., 1981-1984. Member Responser to Nation at Risk, Maryland., 1984.

Member Howard County Parks and Recreation Board, 1977-1981. Member American Physical Society, Materials Research Society.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, squash, racquetball, hiking.

Connections

Married Marie Allison Scully, June 14, 1958. Children: Kathleen, Sheila, Margaret, John, Michael, Daniel, Patricia.

Father:

John Cornelius Murphy

Mother:

Madeline Mary (Taggart) Murphy

Spouse:

Marie Allison Scully

child:

Kathleen Murphy

child:

Daniel Murphy

child:

Margaret Murphy

child:

Michael Murphy

child:

Patricia Murphy

child:

John Murphy

child:

Sheila Murphy